The DNF (Did Not Finish) Thread

[Anonymous]

This is how we lose the time war. I guess I didn’t realize how violent it would be. I should have, clearly, so it’s on me.

[Anonymous]

Dr Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, which I really liked.
I got half way through it and just didn’t care how it ended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was the first novel I haven’t been able to finish in years. It was just so slow and drawn out.

Same. Hated it.

Yeah, I quit on this one pretty fast.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue -
finished but wish I hadn't.

[Anonymous]

The Tiger's Wife.... finished but wish I didn't.

[Anonymous]

The Lying Life of Adults. I really enjoyed the My Brilliant Friend trilogy even with some of the rough/difficult parts, but I just couldn’t take reading a book about such manipulative parents.

[Anonymous]

I am about to quit Thus Was Adonis Murdered. The language is WAY too dense and hard to follow. I get enough of that in my day job (technical editor).

[Anonymous]

The Nightingale. Everyone at work was reading it and gushing about it. I started it twice and never did finish.

[Anonymous]

I DNF a lot. One that comes to mind is Daisy Whatever and the Six.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A comment on another thread where someone said they read over half a book before they could get into it had me wondering:

Do you DNF?
How early have you DNFed?
How far have you gotten and bailed?
What are some of your DNF books?

I almost never quit a book, but I recently had to.
I read 2/3 of it to my kids, about 200 pages.
It was I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. Great idea, very creative, but too much dialogue and sexism. I read the part about Dr. Calvin being hysterical and told my kids I was done. They were fine wiith it because the back and forth was annoying and hard to follow.

[Anonymous]

Little Fires Everywhere
The Maidens
Middlesex

[Anonymous]

all the light we cannot see. i tried twice and really wanted to like it. could not get into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:all the light we cannot see. i tried twice and really wanted to like it. could not get into it.

Same, could not get into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A comment on another thread where someone said they read over half a book before they could get into it had me wondering:

Do you DNF?
How early have you DNFed?
How far have you gotten and bailed?
What are some of your DNF books?

I almost never quit a book, but I recently had to.
I read 2/3 of it to my kids, about 200 pages.
It was I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. Great idea, very creative, but too much dialogue and sexism. I read the part about Dr. Calvin being hysterical and told my kids I was done. They were fine wiith it because the back and forth was annoying and hard to follow.

I quit Foundation by Asimov for similar reasons. Brilliant guy, but it's all so slow and plodding. And the sexism/lack of female characters really made you feel the age of the books.

I am enjoying the Foundation series on Apple TV though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am about to quit Thus Was Adonis Murdered. The language is WAY too dense and hard to follow. I get enough of that in my day job (technical editor).

Interesting I “read” it as an audiobook and loved it but occurred to me it might be a slog to read on paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was the first novel I haven’t been able to finish in years. It was just so slow and drawn out.

Same. Hated it.

Yeah, I quit on this one pretty fast.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue -
finished but wish I hadn't.

Wow I loved it and have recommended it to a few people! Amazing how some books can strike such a positive chord in some and nothing or negative in another!